Welcome

12-12:15pm (15 min)

Praise Reports

  1. Michael Dutton’s asthma doing much better.
  2. Dr. Shari Price @ Panera Bread – Liver Cancer COMPLETELY HEALED!!!! Pray for salvation – why bad things happen to good people

Prayer Requests

Class

  1. No technical difficulties

Johnson’s

  1. Dad’s job – hard, go smoother, protection, to be used well in a yucky place.
  2. Lori – Hashimoto’s issues (possible fatigue, fuzzy brain, pain based on Ms. Sharma’s Hashimoto symptoms)
  3. Dr. Shari Price @ Panera Bread – Pray for salvation – why bad things happen to good people
  4. Great Granpa – make sure saved, forgetful,

Gonzales’

  1. Grandmother In-Law – Living situation w/daughter, sister coming to stay with her. Wisdom & discernment for future living arrangements.
  2. Friend’s Brother – in jail, pray for family and the he learns lesson, gets out early, come out better than when he went in
  3. Heritage Girls – Fundraiser for FMSC, Operation Christmas Child, etc.
  4. Burley Family – God will provide, car issues, deaths in family
  5. Husband’s job moving – prayer for rest, alertness, commute to Tempe v. Phoenix

Miller

  1. Family in Military – Pray for safety (Army, Navy, Marines)

Hogans

  1. Hogan Family – Pray for new schedule transition to go smoothly. 

Spicer’s

    1.  Grandma Died – comfort, peace, & rest for family

Dutton’s

  1. Michael & Sharma – continued healing from flu
  2. Arisa’s Friend – Salvation
  3. Neighbors – daughter’s dying, anybody not saved would be
  4. Sharma’s friend – found out he has prostate cancer that might have metastasized, having surgery. Pray that surgery gets it all, not metastasized.
  5. Dimitri’s family – going to TX to spend last days w/aunt that’s dying,

Past Stoa Members

    1. Mary Weaver – Breast Cancer surgery in January
    2. Porras – make new friends, get of shell become more social, find house in Flagstaff
    3. McGarvie – Mr. McGarvie Salvation

Country/World

  1. Talk of World War 3 – pray leaders have wisdom, discernment

Persecuted Church

  1. China

Announcements

Arise Team Building Event

  • Tournament Planning
    • Food Coordinator
      • Judges
      • Student Orders – Last year Dominos & Subway
    • Host Housing
    • Ballot Push
    • Ballot Collect
    • Decorating
    • Trophies
    • Signage
    • Worship

Local Tournaments

Camelback Classic

Northwest Christian School
16401 North 43rd Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85053

  • Thursday-Saturday,
    March 19-21, 2020
  • All Debate
  • All STOA speech events
  • Novice Impromptu
  • Juniors Tournament
  • Registration Opens: Tuesday, February 25th at 8:00 AM (MST)

Arise & Shine Challenge 

The Odyssey Preparatory Academy
6500 S Apache Rd
Buckeye, AZ 85326

  • Saturday, April 25th
  • All STOA speech events
  • Novice Impromptu
  • Juniors Tournament
  • Registration Opens: TBD

California Tournaments

Inland Challenge

Immanuel Baptist Church
28355 Base Line St
Highland, CA 92346

  • Friday-Saturday,
    February 12-15, 2020
  • All Stoa Speech Events (does not include novice impromptu)
  • All Stoa Debate Events
  • Registration Opened: January 1, 2020, closed January 10

The Thing

Location TBD

Approximate Date: 1st weekend in April

Impromptu

12:30pm – 1:15pm (45 min)

Lesson

1st BREAK

1:30pm – 1:45pm

Speech Activity

APOL Speech Impromptu

What is the role of the Holy Spirit? Why does it matter?

    • Prep Intro (including thesis statement)
    • Prep Conclusion

Homework

Levels

  1. Level 1 – Juniors
    • 1 topic paragraph of about 150 words, containing 1 support item (scripture, quote, etc.)
    •  You’ll read your paragraph, doing your best to present it well, Then at the end, Say something like, “Today, we’ve talked about why (enter topic here) is (enter whatever your main point about your topic is here). Hopefully, you’ll think of something to leave the audience to think about in a conclusion, but this will be optional.
  2. Level 2 – Senior Beginners
  3. Level 3 – Senior Intermediate
  4. Level 4 – Senior Advanced

Topics

Below are listed the topics in order of how many questions they will be used in. That is what the number next to the topic represents. Depending on your level, you will be at different points of completion of these topics. Items in red were topics already assigned to the class as a whole. If you don’t have those completed, start there, then work your way down the list.

  • Gospel (the cross, born again, justification) 50
  • Sin/Depravity 37
  • God: Judgement 14
  • God: Son 13
  • God: Father 11
  • Christian Walk 10
  • Evidence: Biblical 9
  • Worldview: Christian 8
  • Evidence: Christian NT 6
  • Faith 6
  • Repentance 6
  • Creation 5
  • Eternal Nature: Ours 5
  • Evidence: Non-Christian NT 5
  • God: Holiness 5
  • Grace v Mercy v Justice 5
  • Heaven 5
  • Sanctification 5
  • Ancient Text Compare 4
  • Eternal Nature: God’s 4
  • Evidence: Scientific 4
  • God: Image 4
  • God: Plan 4
  • Justified by Works 4
  • Suffering 4
  • God: Holy Spirit 3
  • Justified by Faith 3
  • Resurrection: Ours 3
  • Scripture: Authors 3
  • Scripture: Inspiration 3
  • Scripture: Literature 3
  • Worldview: Atheistic 3
  • Worldview: Naturalism/Materialism 3
  • Evidence: Christian OT 2
  • Fetal Development 2
  • God: All-Knowing 2
  • God: Provision 2
  • God: Reveals Himself 2
  • God: Sovereignty 2
  • Scripture: Additions 2
  • Scripture: Message 2
  • Scripture: Translation 2
  • Worldview: Islamic 2
  • Worldview: Mormonism 2
  • Abortion 1
  • Evidence: Non-Christian OT 1
  • Evolution 1
  • God: Power 1
  • God: Presence 1
  • Grace 1
  • Jesus’ Birth 1
  • Jesus: Non-violent 1
  • Karma 1
  • Law/10 Commandments 1
  • Prayer 1
  • Reaping & Sowing 1
  • Resurrection: Jesus’ 1
  • Scripture: Language Variation 1
  • Scripture: Sufficiency 1
  • Scripture: Uniqueness 1
  • Slaves 1
  • Women 1
  • Worldview: Buddhist 1
  • Worldview: Hindu 1
  • Worldview: Jehovah’s Witness 1
  • Worldview: Socialism 0

Suggested resources

Debate Lesson

2nd BREAK

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Debate Activity

Debating Game

  • Debate initial affirmative and negative points for S20 resolution

Tables

Table 1 – Juniors

  1. Noah Hogan
  2. JJ Miller

Table 2 – Seniors

  1. Keagan Johnson
  2. Violet Spicer
  3. Nathan Hogan

Table 3 – Seniors

  1. Katherine Johnson
  2. Emma Miller
  3. Jadyn Monoskie

Table 4 – Seniors

  1. Holly Spicer
  2. Arisa Dutton
  3. Kamila Gonzales